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Dolphins and Giants tipped for Wembley showpiece

Nick Szczepanik

January 15 2007, 12:00am, The Times

The Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants could meet at Wembley this year in the first NFL regular-season game to be staged outside North America, with the appearance of two such high-profile franchises guaranteeing a sell-out.

NFL sources yesterday described reports in New York that the fixture was a done deal as “premature”, with the official announcement only of the venue for the overseas game scheduled for tomorrow. However, London is understood to be the front-runner, while a number of factors point to a Dolphins-Giants match-up.

The identities of the two competing teams are to be revealed in Miami on February 2, two days before this season’s Super Bowl is staged there. Furthermore, because of concerns about jet lag and time difference, East Coast…